*** HARLEQUIN’S APRIL LOVEFEST *** HARLEQUIN’S APRIL LOVEFEST ***

Tulips are popping up … Daffodils are blooming … Love is in the air …. and HARLEQUIN is releasing FOUR new novels to heat up readers who love their romance HOT!

MAISEY YATES,’ SLOW BURNING COWBOY hits bookstores today …

In Copper Ridge, Oregon, a cowboy’s best friend might turn out to be the woman of his dreams…

If Finn Donnelly makes a plan, he sticks to it. After his brothers left Copper Ridge, Finn stayed behind, determined to keep their ranch going by himself. And when he realized his feelings for Lane Jensen were more than platonic, he shoved that inconvenient desire away. It was easy, until it wasn’t. Suddenly his brothers are coming home to claim their share of the property. And Lane is no longer just in his fantasies. She’s in his arms, and their friendship is on the line.

He’s been her buddy, her handyman, her rock. But until that one breathtaking kiss, Lane somehow overlooked the most important thing about Finn Donnelly—he’s all man. They’re right together, no matter how much his volatile past has bruised him. Finn wants to hold Lane’s body, but he doesn’t want to hold her heart. But Lane is falling fast and now she’s got a plan of her own…to show Finn there’s nothing hotter than friendship turned to slow-burning love.

Also includes a bonus Copper Ridge novel, TAKE ME , COWBOY!

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BRENDA JACKSON’S, SEIZED BY SEDUCTION will be published April 25th … and

One glance is all it takes … Private security just got a whole lot more personal.

From the moment his eyes meet hers across the crime-scene tape, ex-con turned bodyguard Quasar Patterson knows he has to see the mysterious Dr. Randi Fuller again. She’s a renowned psychic investigator who can foresee danger for others, but not for herself. That makes Quasar doubly determined to watch over her—the closer, the better—as she’s drawn into a dangerous gang rivalry.

Both her psychic gift and their blinding chemistry tell Randi that she and Quasar are fated to be entwined. Even as they surrender to the heat between them, there’s no guarantee of a happily-ever-after now that an enemy has her in his sights. And claiming a future will take more than Quasar’s strength and skill. If he can’t risk the heart he’s always held in check, they’ll both lose for good…

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JULIA LONDON’S, HARD-HEARTED HIGHLANDER will be published April 25th and

An indomitable governess…a brooding Highlander…a forbidden affair…

An ill-fated elopement cost English-born governess Bernadette Holly her reputation, her unsuitable lover and any chance of a future match. She has nothing left to fear—not even the bitter, dangerously handsome Scot due to marry her young charge. Naive wallflower Avaline is terrified to wed Rabbie Mackenzie, but if he sends her home, she will be ruined. Bernadette’s solution: convince Rabbie to get Avaline to cry off…while ignoring her own traitorous attraction to him.

A forced engagement to an Englishwoman is a hard pill for any Scot to swallow. It’s even worse when the fiancée in question is a delicate, foolish young miss—unlike her spirited, quick-witted governess. Sparring with Bernadette brings passion and light back to Rabbie’s life after the failed Jacobite uprising. His clan’s future depends upon his match to another, but how can any Highlander forsake a love that stirs his heart and soul?

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MARTA PERRY, ECHO of DANGER will be published April 25th and

In peaceful Pennsylvania Dutch country, a young mother discovers a shocking danger—and an unexpected ally

A whisper of a threat looms over widow Deidre Morris. She and her young son have unwittingly become prisoners of her intimidating father-in-law’s power. One wrong step could find her son torn from her and in the hands of the influential judge. But when Deidre collides with an intriguing stranger, the prospect of a new friendship gives her renewed hope…until a devastating murder rocks the quiet community of Echo Falls and Deidre learns first impressions can’t be trusted.

Attorney Jase Glassman’s assignment is straightforward: befriend Deidre, gather incriminating evidence…and allow her dogged father-in-law to take custody of her child. Anything else, including losing himself in her honest charm, will compromise the job he was hired to do. Yet when a murderer ushers danger into the town, Jase’s only instinct is to protect Deidre and her son—no matter the sacrifice.

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Oooooh, I have chills! The good kind! We have one copy of SLOW BURN, COWBOY, SEIZED BY SEDUCTION, HARD-HEARTED HIGHLANDER and ECHO OF DANGER to giveaway to one lucky winner! Just tell us what you LOVE about HARLEQUIN novels. We’ll announce a winner Monday. Happy Spring!

Of course I love the happy ever after, but also the fact that Harlequin novels can be so over the top, in such varied locations with improbable events, but the characters always seem to draw you in so that you are part of the story, fully believing, but not quite sure until the end, that the happy ever after will come.

I love that they take you away from everyday life. They always put me in a better mood if I’m down or feeling lonely. Plus I love the happily ever afters. And I’m a hopeless romantic and love watching the hero and heroine fall in love.